Shloka 49
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament and Prophecy of Lanka’s Ruin
धन्याः खलु महात्मानो मुनयस्त्यक्तकिल्बिषाः।।।।जितात्मनो महाभागा येषां न स्तः प्रियाप्रिये।
dhanyāḥ khalu mahātmāno munayas tyaktakilbiṣāḥ | jitātmano mahābhāgā yeṣāṃ na staḥ priyāpriye ||
ধন্য সঁচাকৈ সেই মহাত্মা মুনিসকল, যিসকলে পাপ ত্যাগ কৰিছে; জিতাত্মা আৰু মহাভাগ্যবান—যিসকলৰ বাবে ‘প্ৰিয়’ আৰু ‘অপ্ৰিয়’ বুলিও একো নাই।
"Blessed are the exhalted sages who have not committed any sin. They have self-control and have subdued their senses. There is no pleasure or displeasure for them.
FAQs
It praises equanimity (samatva): freedom from attachment and aversion is presented as a dharmic achievement grounded in purity and self-mastery.
Sītā compares her own turbulence of feeling with the sages’ steadiness, admiring their freedom from emotional extremes.
Self-control (jitātmatā) and moral purity (tyaktakilbiṣa) as the foundation of inner peace.